Lock for coin banks



Filed Nov. 2 7. 1926 zz 21 2o 19 8 Patented Apr. 16, 1929.

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FRED SALTNGER, OF

LGCK

PHILADELPI-IEA, PENNSYLVANIA.

FOR C9115 BAEIKS.

Application filed November 2?, 1328. Serial No. 151,188;

A further object is to provide a locking devic for those banks which consists of two telescopic sections, the locking device acting to prevent the separation or withdrawal from or with relation to each other.

My invention is illustrated in the accoin panying drawings wherein Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view through a bank of this cha actor having my improved lock attached thereto and taken on the line 1-1 of Figure 2; 1 y

Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the bank;

Fig. 3 is a side elevation thereof;

' is an elevation'of the key. Fig. 5 is a top plan view of the post Referring to these drawings 10 designates one section of the bank and 11 the opposed section thereof. The section 10 is provided with a base 12 having a bead or flanged con nection 13 to the wall of the section 10. En tending upward through the bot-torn 12 is a lockingpost 14, the lower end of which extends throughthe disk 15 which may be soldered, brazed or otherwise attached to the bottom 12 or may be unattached thereto. The

"upper end ofthis locking rod or post 1a is longitudinally slotted as at 16, preferably to provide intersecting kerfs. This rendersthe upper end or head of the rod or post resilicntly compressible and expansible. The upper end of the post is circumferentially grooved to forina shoulder 17 and a head 17, this head being upwardly beveled circulnferentially or having the form of a truncated cone. The section 11 is formed with the top plate 18 having a coin insertion slot 7 l9 and an observation opening 20.

Extending through this plate or head 18 at the center thereof, is the locking capfZl vwhich is annular in cross section and provided with an enlarged head which bears against the upper face of the upper plate 18 and may be attached thereto. The central bore 2:2 of the cap at its lower end is formed with an annular enlargement or circumferentiaLy extending recess 23 formed to approxiinatel lit the head 17 and lockingly eng e therewith when the sections of the l en spring outward. The bore of this cap is, of course, smaller than the head of the post l-l and the lower corner formed at the junction of this bore with the lower end of the cap beveled at 24. lVhen the two sections "he bank are teiescoped upon each other thcupper end f the post is engaged in of the cap, the two sections the lower end Wlil locked from longitudinal movement v and key such asshown in Figure 4 and des i ted generally 25, is inserted for the purpo e of unlocking the bank. This key is formed with a. shank 26, the lower end of which is hollowed out or recessed at 27 to fit over the beveled upper end of the post and when the key is inserted and depressed, it will force the resilient sections at the upper end of he post inward towards each other.

c-mpr iig them and withdrawing the head from c gageinent with the locking recess 23 on the cap. Then the two sections of the bank may be withdrawn from telescopic relation. will be seen that when thetwo sections of thejbank are engaged with each other and forced towards each other that the beveled end 23 of the bore 22 will engage the conical face of head 17 and will force the sections of the head inward towards each other, permitting the head to pass into the cap and then expand in engagement with the groove 23. 7

lVhile l have heretofore referred to this look as-being designed for use with coin banks, I do not wish to be limited to such use as it is obvious that the lock might be used in connection with other containers using locks and is not necessarily limited to a container in which. the two sections have telescopic engagement with each other as the lock could also be used in holding a removable head on one end of the container or might be used with other lorins of banks or for any locking purpose.

I claim 1. A bank formed in two sections, one of said sections carrying a post, the inner end.

post is adapted to lockingly engage when the sections of the head are expanded.

2. A bank formed in two sections, one of said sections carrying a post, the inner end of which is longitudinally split and formed with a circnniterentially extending recess to thus define the lower end oi a head, said head being conical, the other section of the bank having a tubular locking cap adapted to lit over the post, said locking cap having a central bore less in diameter than the diameter of the head and having a clrcuniferentially extending recess within. which the head of the post is adapted to lockingly engage when the sectionsoli' the head are expanded, and a keyadapted for insertion through the'cap and. having an axial recess at its inner end adapted to engage over the conical head and forcethe sections thereof delined by said split inward towards each other to thus release it from the cap.

3. A bank formed of two sections having telescopic engagement with each other, each of said sections having a head, oneof said heads being formed with a coin insertion slot and a sight opening and at its iniddle being provided with a tubular cap extending through the head, the here of the cap at its inner end being circumferentially enlarged and the lower end of the wall of said here being beveled, the other section of the bank having a post extending upward therefrom, the post being longitudinally split to provide a plurality of resilient sections at the upper end of the post-,the upper end of the post being circum'terentially recessed to define a head and the head being substantially conical and adapted to fit within the bore of the cap and engage the recess therein, and a key adapted for-insertion through the bore of the cap and having a recess in its lower end adapted to engage the conical face of the upper end of the post and force said sections towards each other to thus release them for the cap.

4. A container having a body and a closure, the body carrying a post, the inner end of which is loi'igitudinally split and formed with a circuinterentially extending recess to thus define the lower end of a head, said head being conical, the closure having a tubular locking cap adapted to fit over said head, the locking cap having a central bore less in diameter than the extreme diameter of the head and having a circumferentially extending recess withinwhich the head of the post is adapted to lockingly engagewhenthe sections of the head are expanded. V l V 5. li container having a body and a-closure, the body carrying a post, the inner end or which is longitudinally splitand formed with a circuinterentially extendingrecess to thus define the lower end of a head, said-head beconical, the closure having a tubular locking cap adaptedto fit over said head, the locking cap having a central bore less in diameter than the extreme diameter of the head and having .acircuinferentially extending recess within which the head of the post is adapted to ,lockingly engage when the sections of the head are expanded, and a key adapted for insertion tirough the cap and having an axial recess at its inner'end adapted to engage over the head and force the sections thereof defined by said split inward towards each other to thus release it 'tromilocking engagement with the cap.

In testimony whereof I hereunto afiix my signature. 7

' FRED SALINGER. 

